House for fowls



7 1 04 ,963. Patented. Jan. 31, 1922.

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0. H. HYDE AND P. A. ZIMMERMAN.

HOUSE FOR FOWLS. 7 APPLICATION FILED OCT. 31, 1918. rmlzw u SEPT. 11, 1921.

1,404,963, Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

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WM; mic o 0. H. HYDE AND P. A. ZIMMERMAN.

HOUSE FoR FowLs. APPLICATION FILED OCT 3|, 1913- RENEWED SEPT 17, 1921- 1,404,963. Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

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0. H. HYDE AND P. A. ZIIMMERMAN.

HOUSE FOR FOWLS. I APPLICATION EILED 0CT- 3h 191g. RENEWED SEFT\ 1?, 1921'- Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

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Wanna 1 UNITEDISTATESI .TeNT men.

' OSCAR H. HYDE, on's'r. Louis, iviissou'fai, AND PERRY 1 zIMMERMAm-br SPRING- V 11 111111 ,oni nssieivons-iar MESNE Ass eNMn 'rs-To sAinv HYDE.

HOUSE r03 FowLs.

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Applicationiild October 31, 1918, Serial No. 260,420. Renew ed September [17, 1921. Serial 110,501,449. r

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Be it known that'we,-OscAR H. HYnii, citizen of the United States, residing at St.

Louis, in thecounty'. of St.Louis and State of Missouri, and PERRY'A. ZIMMERMAN, citizen of the United States, residingat Springfield, in; the'county of Clark and State of Ohio,"havelinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Houses for Fowl, of'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvementsin structures for' housing vfowl, particularly chickens. j Q

An object of the invention is-to provide a structure of the character referred to which will be simple and convenient in construction-and light-in character so that it may be" readily moved from one point to another in the yard.

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide a structure of the character referred to which will be of a knock-down nature so that itcan be readily shipped and assembled A' further object ofthe invention is to pro-- vide a "floor, walls androo-fing which will be impervious to heat and cold, but at the same time of light weight and of such nature as 'to prevent the entrance of; such Fig.3 is a perspective view of the roof broken away to show the interior construe tion of the same.

Fig. at is a vertical'se'ction of a portion of the roof and one of the side walls and the connectionbetween the two.

Fig. 5 is a "transverse'section of two of v the side walls and the connection between the same;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of a modificationin'the roof structure showing the manner of connecting the two r'oof sections toether.

tween the same. v 1 Fig. 8 is an enlarged section on the line all the'layers together. 7

7 is a transverse section of the side. walls, central partition and connections be- Fig-'10 is a side elevation with thelower Fi 9" is an enlarged section 'on' the line portion .of the rear compartment broken consists ofside walls, a rear wall, a front frame and central partition and two, roof sections indicated in a "general; way by a, b, 0, (Z, e, f. g, it and z. 1 The upper edges of the side walls band (Z, slant downward ina rear ward direction while the upper edges of the 'S1Cl8.W&llS, a and '0; slant downwardlyin a forward direction. The height of the rear 'side walls, lb and d, is greater than that of- ;the forward'sidewallaja and 0, so as to proivide a'ventilatingf spaceabove: the roof, h,

wall, .6, alsohas a "window '5, and .a' window in .the rear :wall 6.

which has'hinged windows Z which'inaybe opened to furnish ventilation to the rear compartment: of the structure.- One of the rear side walls, such :as d, has'ado0r-2, the central partition. is i also "provided I with a :door 3and the front-side walls'areprovided r with a series .of' windows 4:The rear side a0 [6, shown in dotted 111163 1 1" Fig. l ,is.pla ced One 'of'the features oflour invention 'is-the if manneri of constructing the various side -walls," central partition. and roof sections.

This construction is: shown in ,Figs. 3 to? inclusive.

Each side wall consists of an, I

outer and inner layer- ,7 and 8, respectively, of what is "commercially known as double Y faced corrugated strawboardbetween which is placed a wire screen 9. Each straw-board 1 layer is of the usual construction consisting of flat side sheets and an innercrimpe'd or 1 corrugatedsheet pasted together. These layi ers of strawboard-andwirescreen are bound together fabout their edges by outer and inner metallic strips lO and 111 respectively, securing rivets 12 being employed for firmly with uppe'rand vlower sheets of the same a similar nature, but in addition thereto has an outer layer. of tar paper 16 to provide a more 001111316176 protection against Each-ofthe roof sections is- -construct'ed rain, although all of the strawboard is coated 7 with a weather resisting paint suchas a111,.

' asphaltum paint, creosote or ingredients of a similar nature which also act as a preventive against vermin. 4

f'The central partition, shown in Fig. 7 is similarly constructed of layers of strawboard 17 and 18 with an intermediate wire screen 19, the strawboard being treated in a similar manner.

The manner of connecting these sections together is as follows 7 Each of the outer sheet metal binding strips 1O of the sidewalls is extended beyond the walls proper, the vertical side strips being secured by removable bolts or screws 20 to vertical T-irons 21, 22 23, 24, and 26, any suitable number of these bolts being employed, the central T-irons I :23 and 24; being secured together by the referred to.

cured to the vT-irons 26 by the bolts 27 before The strawboard and wire screen" layers of the roof are bound together bythe outer and innermetallic strips 30and 81 and rivets 33. Theouter strips 30 have their outer edges bent downwardly at right-angles as indicated a e-30 which portions 30 are connected to the top: strips 10 of the sides of the :structure' by the'bolts 82. v

"gether two roof sections in the event itis de- In is shown a slight modification illustrating the manner of connecting to- I sired to enlarge the capacity of the structure, this being accomplished by simply securing together the vertically-extending portions 1'30 oteachroof section by the bolts 32; a

water proof packing 34: being preferably in- F'serted between the flanges 30. V

, By this const 'uction it will-be seen-that the house can be transported. in knockeddown state and readily assei'nbled byconnecting the metallic strips of the various side and back and front sections and the two :roof sections by the bolts 20, 27 and 32. Ow-

.ing to'the light construction of the walls and frohfseetions the entire structure when as- "sembledcan be moved from place. to place 1n -the chicken yard as desired.

closure formed by the side walls, I) and (Z,

The rear en- 'andend wall, e, partition, '9, and roof section, 2, forms a roosting and laying com I partment for thefowl, while the front com pairtment formed by the side walls a and 0,

fpartitiong, roof sections 7: and front screen f, forms a runway or scratching compartment,

' The construction of the various walls and I roof sections afi'ord a simple, light, cheap and sanitary structure, impervious to both heat and eold, andalso to the entrance of rewith a floor.

-tions of the bands together.

dents such as late and weasels, the'lightness of the walls and roof enabling the structure to be readily transported from place to place without disassembling the house.

"In Figs. 8,9 and 10 therearrcompartment of the structure is shown provided This floor is constructed like the side walls and the roof; that is, there are provided upper and lower layers 35 and 36 of corrugated double faced strawboard and an intermediate layer of wire mesh or screen. In this case the-lower edge of the central partition 9 is equipped withan angle iron 88 and the side walls with similar angle irons 39 (Fig.'l0) along their lower edges, and the rear wall with a similar angle iron 40. The floor rests upon the angle irons of the partition and side walls, being secured thereto by bolts 41, but is hung to the angle iron of the rear, wall, being secured thereto by the bolts 42. Inkthe structure where a a floor is employed therear wall will not. extendvdown to the ground line, but an open space will be provided beneath the lower for cleaning purposes. It might be mentioned that the front andside edgesof the floor are provided on their under sides with a projection strip43 and'the. rear edge of the floor or its upper side projected with a pro jecting strip ae'which furnishes the means of attaching thefloor to the angle irons.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: w

1. A wall'fora house structure consisting of outer and" inner'layers of'double faced strawboard, and a central layer of wire screen, together with ,means for connecting the same together, each layer of strawboard consisting of an outer and inner fiat sheet connected to a central corrugated sheet.

2. In a structure of the character described, side wall sections, a. rear end section and roof sections, each section consisting of outer layers of fibrous material and an inner layer of metallic screen, and outer and inner metallic bands for clamping the fibrous material and screens together, the outer bands of'each sectron being extended, together with. devices forv reinovably securing the extended por- 3. In a structure of the character described, r

side wall sections, a rear end section and vroof Sections, each section composed of outer layers of fibrous material and an inner layer of metallic substance, together with metallic bands about the edges thereof for clamping extended edges of said bands with-said uped edges of the bands of theroofsections to the extended edges of thebands-on the upper edges of the side and end sections. 1

4:- A wall for a house structure, consisting of outer and'inner layers of fibrous material and a central layer of metallic screen, and

bands about the inner and outer edges of the same for clamping the layers together, the- 7 bands on one side of the wall being extendedto provide means of attachment. 5. In a structureof the character described, side Wall sections, a rearvend sectionand roof sections, each section consisting-of outer lay- V j'ers of fibro us material' and an inner'layer. of

right supports, and for securing the extend metallic screen, outenand inner metallic",

bands for clamping the fibrous-materialand screens together, the outer bands'of eacl1 section being extended, together with devices floor for said structure. I y

HYDE has hereuntofsethishand this 5th day of October, 1918, and said PERRY A; ZIMMER-I of October, 1918. e

OSCAR H."HYDE. V

PERRY ZIMMERMA L I I I 20 7, for removably securing the distended-por- I tions 'ofthe bands together and a rem'ovablef MAN. has hereunto set his hand this 9th day 

